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PERMITTING FOREIGN LAW FIRMS TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG
PERMITTED
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES THAT NO FIRM SHOULD BE
ΤΟ
PRACTISE IN HONG KONG AS A FOREIGN LAW FIRM
UNLESS THE COURT IS SATISFIED, UPON SUCH MATTERS AS MAY BE
PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LAW SOCIETY, THAT THE FIRM
HAS BEEN PRACTISING LAW IN A PLACE OTHER THAN HONG KONG FOR
AT
LEAST
10
YEARS
AND THAT IT
ENJOYS
A
REPUTATION IN THAT PLACE.
IT IS INTENDED
SATISFIED
SUBSTANTIAL
THAT THE
COURT SHOULD ALSO BE
THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRM, INCLUDING THOSE NOT
RESIDENT IN HONG KONG, ARE FIT AND PROPER PERSONS.
EXISTING
"THE PROPOSAL, IF ADOPTED, WILL REPLACE THE
LOOSE
ADMINISTRATIVE
ARRANGEMENT UNDER
WHICH
FOREIGN
LAW FIRMS ARE PERMITTED TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG
WITH A STATUTORY SYSTEM WHICH SETS OUT CLEAR CRITERIA THAT
MUST BE SATISFIED BEFORE PERMISSION IS GRANTED.
"THE
INTENTION IS THAT ONLY FIRMS OF SUBSTANTIAL
INTEGRITY ARE PERMITTED TO PRACTISE IN HONG
REPUTATION
KONG,
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AND
THE SPOKESMAN SAID.